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A new discovery of a vast country in America : extending above four thousand miles between New France and New Mexico, with a description of the great lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants and animals : also the manners, customs, and languages of the several native Indians ... : with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur De la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c., the taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan : both parts illustrated with maps and figures and dedicated to His Majesty, K. William / by L. Hennepin .. ; to which is added several new discoveries in North-America, not publish'd in the French edition.
Van Pelt - Microtext STC II Reel 72:17.
Mixed Availability
- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century.
- Series:
- Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 72:17.
- Standardized Title:
- Nouvelle découverte d'un très grand pays situé dans l'Amérique entre le Nouveau Mexique et la mer Glaciale. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Discoveries in geography.
- Canada--Discovery and exploration.
- Canada.
- Mississippi River Valley--Discovery and exploration.
- Mississippi River Valley.
- Indians of North America.
- Great Lakes (North America)--Discovery and exploration.
- Great Lakes (North America).
- Québec (Province)--History.
- Québec (Province).
- Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Description and travel.
- Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.).
- Physical Description:
- 24 unnumbered pages, 299 pages; 32 unnumbered pages, 178 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 303-355 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, 2 folded maps
- 35 mm
- monochrome
- service copy
- positive
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin and S. Manship, 1698.
- Notes:
- [Pt. 1] is a translation of: Nouvelle découverte; [pt. 2] of: Nouveau voyage, with special t.p. and pagination.
- First English ed. Cf. BM.
- Reproduction of original in Library of Congress.
- Appended to the 2nd part: Joliet's account, with half-title: An account of several new discoveries in North-America: p. 303-306; An account of M. la Salle's voyage to the river Mississipi: p. 307-317; A discovery of some new countries and nations in the Northern-America / by Father Marquette: p. 318-355.
- Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1962. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 72:17)
- Cited in:
- Wing H1450
- Arber's Term cat. III 38
- OCLC:
- 12087792
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